I’m gearing up for a quick weekend getaway to celebrate grieve my last day of being employed, so I hit up the Barnes and Noble clearance sale (8 books for $25!). Now I’m a fast reader, especially of chic lit, but I don’t know if I’ll have time to finish all 8 before settling into a new reading list consisting of textbooks and the Wall Street Journal.
Barnes and Noble clearance sale chic lit
Beyond just reading, I wonder if I’ll have time (and money) for some of my other hobbies. Tennis (novice of course)? Check…physical fitness is where I’m going to try to devote most of my extra time. Fashion? I’ll check my fave blogs periodically, but will definitely have to work with this on a budget (and within the business world constraints). TV/Movies? Definitely limited, but I think this is a good thing…my life is real and happening now!
Balance will be the key for sure, to keep my sanity (and my husband’s) in check!
As I’m counting down the time until I go back to school, I’m thinking of (and having to explain to others) the reasons why I’m going back for my MBA. They just can’t seem to settle for “I want to be able to work from anywhere in the world and set my own rules”! I stumbled on the article “Should entrepreneurs be getting your MBA?” yesterday, which questions if going back to school is really necessary, when most of the business world operates on “who” you know versus “what.”
My reasons, beyond my own ambition, are simple-ish. While being a perpetual student with limited responsibility is mildly appealing (minus the no $$ part) and I already have a basic business background, I’m not surrounded by those “who you know” people - meaning, not just influential, active business leaders, but also like-minded, ambitious, creative cohorts in the field I want to be in, who will challenge me to stretch farther.
Also, I don’t really have the “what you know” part down comfortably. If I knew what I wanted to do while I was going through my undergrad, I would have paid more attention to those technical skills that would be crucial to my business. Without having much real world experience (plus not knowing where you want to go), you don’t really know what you will actually use upon graduating, i.e. paper pushing, conflict resolution, stress relief, water cooler gossip.
Ambition: "Work from anywhere in the world"
This time around, I’m ready and know where I’m aiming. And my ambition in the end…”Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~(Confucius)
This is it…my last 5 days in the workforce (for now)! I’ve ‘put in my time’ for 5 years now, and am getting ready to go back to school full-time for my MBA! There are going to be many changes & challenges ahead, for the better of course, and I’m eager to get started. My fortunes are aligned (as per Friday’s Pei-Wei Asian diner fortune cookies, which couldn’t have said anything better)…
For now, here’s my countdown to a short summer break to clear my head & get ready to dive in!
~ Danielle - a.k.a. Blonde MBA
